Title :
Femtosecond optical parametric oscillator frequency combs at harmonics of the pump laser repetition frequency
Author :
McCracken, Richard A. ; Balskus, Karolis ; Reid, Derryck T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
Various schemes allow femtosecond OPOs to produce pulses at harmonics of their pump laser repetition frequency, ostensibly facilitating access to widely-spaced tunable frequency combs. Here, we show not all approaches possess equivalent carrier-envelope offset characteristics.
Keywords :
laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; equivalent carrier-envelope offset characteristics; femtosecond optical parametric oscillator frequency combs; harmonics; pump laser repetition frequency; widely-spaced tunable frequency combs; Cavity resonators; Harmonic analysis; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
